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Court for the district of columbia, held way back in 1977, you cannot strip someone of press credentials, without giving them a full hearing. >> you said this has been ruled upon before? >> yeah, jim cheryl who was the correspondent for the nation was denied press credentials in 1977, it was a tougher case. the secret service said he was a physical threat to the president. and even under those circumstances, the d.c. circuit held you can't do it without giving him a hearing, because there's an important free speech right. that is for the people to be able to count on the press to be their inve...

Federal judge granted cnn a hearing foam in the lawsuit against president trump over jim acosta's press credentials, this comes down to press freedom and process. >> this is an important case, this is not just something for trump to beat up on the press and the press to beat up on trump. there's a very important principle at stake. the principle is the role of the press as news gathers in a free society. if the government can shut the ability of the press down to cover events, then the government can manipulate what people hear. you can't keep them out of courtrooms, out of congress and you ca...

>> acosta may have been an irritant to the president, he was hardly a danger to him. i think cnn's got a very good case. i think this will be resolved quickly. i don't expect a jury trial. i think it will either be settled or cnn will prevail on motion. >> what do you think? frequent defender of the president, by the way. >> yes, i know, i'm now nervous because i'm agreeing with him. i don't think this is a particularly complicated and difficult case. there is a hearing tomorrow afternoon at 3:30, the federal judge scheduled it on an accelerated basis. it's a temporary restraining order, but e...

Its coverage of the president, they're supporting the access. >> it's one of those rare cases where fox news and cnn and all other networks are in agreement on something. more than a dozen news outlets. more than be a des thozen that come forward today expressing support for cnn's lawsuit. many are filing what's called a friend of the court brief to support cnn. the fox news brief is the strongest of them all. here is what wallace wrote a couple hours ago "fox news supports cnn in its legal effort to regain its white house reporter's press credentials. we intend to file an amicus brief with th...

Notice, we demand the credential be restored right away. that's thursday. then friday, then saturday, nothing happened for days and days. that's why cnn eventually decided it had to go to court. this was essentially the last step in the chain, and now this court battle will begin tomorrow as we mentioned, a hearing tomorrow afternoon. cnn would like a quick response by the judge to reinstate the press credential via a temporary restraining order. we'll see if that happens. >> april, cnn says this is about much more than jim acosta and cnn and obviously the president often uses cnn as a boogeym...